Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1987.045.001 |
Object Name |
Candlestick |
Title |
Dutch Pattern Candlestick |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Date |
1920s? |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
One silver plated candlestick. It is embossed with different scenes of people which covers its entire surface. It has a square-shaped base. It is part of a set of two. |
Provenance |
Owned and used by the James Albert Manning family of Owen Sound, Grey County. Mrs. Manning was Helena Manning (neé Cole). It next belonged to their daughter, Hazel Manning of Owen Sound. Candlesticks like this were very popular in the 1920s. The 1927 T. Eaton & Co. spring & summer catalogue has a Dutch pattern candlestick like this, and other patterned wares. |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Metal/Silver |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Manning, Hazel Manning, James Albert |
Function |
One of a pair of matching candlesticks, intended for household illumination, often set on dining tables or mantelpieces. |